The Communist Manifesto
Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels · 19th Century · Political theory
Subject guide
Revolution
Explore 29 works associated with Revolution in The Western Canon. This page is generated from reviewed catalog classifications and links directly to each featured work.
Featured works
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo · Romantic / Realist · Novel
A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
Edmund Burke · Enlightenment · Political thought
Common Sense
Thomas Paine · Enlightenment / Founding · Political thought
The Robbers
Friedrich Schiller · Romantic · Drama / philosophy
Don Carlos
Friedrich Schiller · Romantic · Drama / philosophy
Reflections on the Revolution in France
Edmund Burke · Enlightenment · Political thought
Rights of Man
Thomas Paine · Enlightenment / Founding · Political thought
Selected Poems
Friedrich Hölderlin · Romantic · Poetry / novel
The Age of Reason
Thomas Paine · Enlightenment / Founding · Political thought
On the Aesthetic Education of Man
Friedrich Schiller · Romantic · Drama / philosophy
Hyperion
Friedrich Hölderlin · Romantic · Poetry / novel
Wallenstein
Friedrich Schiller · Romantic · Drama / philosophy
Prometheus Unbound
Percy Bysshe Shelley · Romantic · Poetry / political prose
Adonais
Percy Bysshe Shelley · Romantic · Poetry / political prose
A Defence of Poetry
Percy Bysshe Shelley · Romantic · Poetry / political prose
Sartor Resartus
Thomas Carlyle · Victorian · History / social criticism
Danton’s Death
Georg Büchner · 19th Century · Drama / fiction
Woyzeck
Georg Büchner · 19th Century · Drama / fiction
The French Revolution
Thomas Carlyle · Victorian · History / social criticism
Lenz
Georg Büchner · 19th Century · Drama / fiction
My Past and Thoughts
Alexander Herzen · 19th Century · Memoir / political thought
The Old Regime and the Revolution
Alexis de Tocqueville · 19th Century · History / political thought
What Is to Be Done?
Nikolay Chernyshevsky · 19th Century · Political novel
Selected Poems
Aleksandr Blok · Modern · Poetry
The Twelve
Aleksandr Blok · Modern · Poetry
And Quiet Flows the Don
Mikhail Sholokhov · Modern · Novel
The Kingdom of This World
Alejo Carpentier · Latin American · Novel
The Lost Steps
Alejo Carpentier · Latin American · Novel